What the what? | Canary
The following articles were printed from Santa Maria Sun [santamariasun.com] – Volume 21, Issue 35
What the what?
By THE CANARY
How mainstream are internet conspiracy theories, you ask? Well, OK, you didn’t ask, but if you’re a member of the Solvang City Council, one such conspiracy theory was an agendized part of your Oct. 27 meeting.
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A 36-page presentation put together by Solvang resident, avid internet researcher, and anti-5G activist Michael Mendizza was included in the official agenda packet for the meeting. It’s part of the official city staff report. Mendizza, who believes mandatory masks are a step away from mandatory vaccines, tracking chips, and around-the-clock surveillance that 5G technology will make possible, received a 30-minute-plus slot of time.
“The idea is that they want your brain to be connected to the web,” he said without a trace of irony or sarcasm as I choked on the popcorn I usually enjoy during these drama-filled Tuesday night sessions. Whoever “they” is.
As an FYI, everyday citizens can’t just jump in on agendized presentations given to elected government bodies. Somebody such as the city manager or the mayor has to put them there. Most government bodies rely on experts so they can make informed decisions about important city policies and business. But apparently not the city of Solvang.
In the sweetest little Danish tourist berg on the Central Coast—where the Branding and Design Committee is likely going to require COVID-19 affected businesses to put matching furniture out on the street—you just have to do some internet research and bang. Expert!
If the presentation itself wasn’t shocking enough, turns out some members of the Solvang City Council are actually into Mendizza’s theory. Are the only sane people in Solvang politics the ones currently running for seats on the dais? Because the one’s currently making the decisions are iffy.
City Council candidate Chris Bowyer spoke during public comment on the item. He happens to be a consultant for things like “information security and concerted disinformation campaigns.” He said Mendizza’s info was full of “disinformation, mistakes, and outright lies.”
And he couldn’t believe the words that were coming out of his own mouth: “The claim that 5G technology is going to be used to monitor and control tiny biometric computer chips in our body through the proposed towers, connecting to thousands of low-Earth orbit satellites.”
Yep. I can’t believe it either. But you know who can?
Councilmember and Mayor Pro Tem Robert Clarke, who’s sitting comfortably in his council seat until 2022. He accused Bowyer of being somebody who’s really into “trusting your master.” Whoever his “master” is.
Not to worry though, Clarke said he did his own homework. That’s when he realized that 5G was more nefarious than simply faster cellphone service and Wi-Fi. And Clarke’s buddy, Councilmember Daniel Johnson, whose conspiracy-believing ass won’t be sitting in a council seat past 2020, definitely thinks it’s wise to put the brakes on 5G.
Because we just don’t have enough info to counter all the crazy talk that internet-researching “experts” presented to the City Council, “as far as health and surveillance overreach.”
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that Mendizza is also convinced 5G is going to give us all cancer. Which is a much more believable proposition than brain chips. But still!
The canary wonders if this is a Twilight Zone episode. Send comments to canary@santamariasun.com.
